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Xpajun
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 Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 8:15 am Post subject: A frame? No - Dolly? No......
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I know how everyone on here hates the use of A frames and dollies but what about this?
(click the pic for the story)
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RichardD
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| Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 8:21 am Post subject:
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Called a 5th wheel - this is a bit DIY possibly 
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h4rri
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| Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 6:22 pm Post subject:
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| If you check the other pictures though you will see that the blue Audi is actually towing the silver thing on an a frame!!
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Nightbar
Difflock Royalty
Joined: 30 Sep 2003
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Location: In a state of anticipation...
1999 Land Rover Defender
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| Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 9:21 pm Post subject:
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What's the difference with that and a motorhome a framing an astra (seen today on the A303) 
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leeds
Just got MTs
Joined: 08 Jul 2004
Odometer: 244
Location: Leeds
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| Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 12:15 pm Post subject:
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Hope that driver gets the book thrown at him. That driver is unsafe to be on a public road!
Apart from dangerous condition try unsafe load. A single ratchet strap going over a sharp edge without edge protection is a disaster waiting to happen.
Try maximum length of trailer as 7 metres.
Try no lights.
I wonder what the insurance company would say about towing an illegal trailer in a dangerous condition? Insurance void?
A car being towed on the UK road has to be road legal, i.e. tax, MOT, insured and any driver/steerer in car being towed needs appropriate driving licence. OK that combination being towed was on an A frame so no one steering it.
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dxmedia
Mud Obsessed
Joined: 10 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 2:02 pm Post subject:
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Guys,
That's a bad picture. It is on an a-frame. The blue Passat is doing the towing.
Not joking.
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w3526602
Difflock Royalty
Joined: 10 Jun 2002
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Location: Glynneath, South Wales
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| Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2015 3:58 pm Post subject:
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Hi,
If the driver had only Cat.B licence, he is limited to 3500kg. Any heavier, and he does not have a licence, so no insurance.
If he does have a licence to drive that weight, then his insurers will find it difficult to refuse a THIRD PARTY claim ... but they can sue him to recover their losses. Google RTA 1988, check Para 148.
It would not be worth discussing "Own Damage", might annoy somebody.
Dangerous? Would it be dangerous if pulled by a team of 22 Clydedales?
A towing dolly is limited to 20mph, or 40mph on motorway. Why would anyone want one?
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Orangev81
Just got MTs
Joined: 16 Feb 2012
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Location: Everywhere
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| Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2015 4:51 pm Post subject:
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If Monty Python did A frames......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDe9msExUK8
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